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 12/17/2008 09:29:34 AM · #1
I don't know why I can't think of it right now but when exporting images from lightroom which color space should I be using?

sRGB
Adobe RGB 1998
ProPhoto RGB

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 12/17/2008 09:32:16 AM · #2
NM, Prophoto RGB

Man I don't know what happened there.

link to explanation

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 12/17/2008 09:40:22 AM · #3
you started and killed your own thread in a mere two posts ;}


12/17/2008 09:47:16 AM · #4
wait - are you talking about FINAL output, or a sidetrip into PS for editing?

If final (for printing, etc.) then use sRGB... unless you've found a printer using ProPhoto. In that case, ya needs to share wit da rest of us! :)

If editing (using the right click option in LR, where it automatically brings it back for you), just use the ProPhoto color. I use TIFF files for that, so that the image isn't full of JPG compression.

Any one else willing to share your 'secret recipe'?
 12/17/2008 12:18:52 PM · #5
What is the final output? What are shooting in (camera settings?)

Different color spaces have different uses, but the most important thing to remember is they do not all have the same colors. So anytime you convert from one to another there is interpolation that will occur to fill in the 'missing' colors if going to a larger space, or 'delete' colors when going to a smaller space. End result is a color shift of some kind in some or all colors.

Since the web and 98% of labs run sRGB you should too. Also remember than you need a very high end monitor to see all of sRGB let alone the bigger broader colorspaces. If you have a higher end inkjet printer (and drivers and such that you'll need) then perhaps you might want Adobe RGB.
 12/17/2008 12:47:56 PM · #6
I'm with Prof_Fate on this....Unless you're using a high end inkjet printer, you're better off using regular sRGB. All my prints come from Smugmug and like most labs they want files in sRGB. I know Pro Photo RGB and Adobe RGB offer more latitude with extreme processing, but you probably don't have that kind of processing to do on a normal everyday basis. Hope this doesn't start an argument, cause I'm NOT anti-Adobe RGB.....; )
 12/17/2008 01:00:14 PM · #7
But.....It won't hurt anything to use the larger space for processing and then convert when your done....But the file sizes are much larger and it could slow some machines down....; )
 12/17/2008 01:39:42 PM · #8
exactly. come five years from now - when printers DO support ProPhoto RGB. you'd have originals that could be reprinted using a wider color space...


12/17/2008 01:40:02 PM · #9
Originally posted by walrus451:
But.....It won't hurt anything to use the larger space for processing and then convert when your done....But the file sizes are much larger and it could slow some machines down....; )


except for the color shift. It's subtle but it's there. Movce stuff from RGB to CMYK and you'll see it in a more obvious way. I think it's the darker blues that make the most dramatic change (been a long while since I worked in CMYK so my recollections may be foggy on what colors shift the most).

Then if you let the lab handle your color correction it may not be all that important. I control my own color on 99% of what I print so I can't risk an unpredictable color shift.
 12/21/2008 10:07:25 PM · #10
The images I was processing are for a magazine and I'm not 100% sure on how they print the pages but I know that they want my full page ad in CMYK and they actually convert my images from RGB to CMYK once they choose the ones they want.
 01/15/2009 11:43:57 AM · #11
Originally posted by Prof_Fate:
What is the final output? What are shooting in (camera settings?)

Different color spaces have different uses, but the most important thing to remember is they do not all have the same colors. So anytime you convert from one to another there is interpolation that will occur to fill in the 'missing' colors if going to a larger space, or 'delete' colors when going to a smaller space. End result is a color shift of some kind in some or all colors.

Since the web and 98% of labs run sRGB you should too. Also remember than you need a very high end monitor to see all of sRGB let alone the bigger broader colorspaces. If you have a higher end inkjet printer (and drivers and such that you'll need) then perhaps you might want Adobe RGB.

Are you suggesting that since the web and most labs use sRGB that you should shoot in-camera as sRGB as well?

If so, that would be an error. It would be like DaVinci filtering out the color depth and tonal range he was capable of painting with his brush and throwing it all away BEFORE he started painting the Mona Lisa.

Never lower your standards to the lowest common denominator from the get go. In photography the price you pay is in banding and jagged tonal shifts when limited strictly to sRGB, plus you are throwing away most of the data your camera's sensor is capable of recording. When you capture and post process with the most information and widest color gamut appropriate to your camera's recording capability then your print output files later converted to sRGB will be of higher color and tonal quality.
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